The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28

equal work, secure also for women
equal opportunity to learn and prsc-
tice diversified industries. " oman's
Journal. -
Miss Minnie Il. Folsom, q near
relative Of Mrs. Grover Cleveland,
has become Prcceptress of the
Brookiugs Agricultural College in
Dakota.
Mrs. Golf, Of Pleasant Valley,
Wis. who was elected town treasurer,
has lust secured her Office in spite OF
vigorous opposition on the part Of
the male ofiiceholders Of the town.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has
entered into arrangements with Mr..
Edward w. Box, of Brooklyn, to
furnish a series Of articles for news
papers. They will be weekly,
written especially for women.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has re-
vived the Town aud Country Club at
Newport, X. |. Col. Higgins will
read q paper before it on "A New
England Vagabond" at the residence
Of Mrs. Gardner Brewer, on the
Oath.
DR.. Juliet Monroe Thorpe, daugh-
ter Of 0hio's president Of the W. G..
T. u, Mrs. Henrietta l.. Monroe,
has been elected to the faculty Of the
Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati.
This is q rare compliment TO a gifted
woman.
Two sisters were the first to open
an establishment in Chicago where
type-writing was done to order, and
stenographers were furnished for all
kinds Of reporting. BY accuracy in
their work and promptness in keep
ing their engagements, they devel-
oped q large and lucrative business,
which they hold against all competi.
ton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Porter Gould tells
pleasantly how she became a suffrage
list by attending a suffrage sociable
Of the Massachusetts, Woman Suffrage
Association and becoming acquainted
with the members, whom she
found very much like other people.
She found them neither odd MOI
"shrieking," but quietly and earnestly
trying to win friends to their cause,
A daughter OF Ogden Bradley, Of
New York, and niece OF Bishop
| Nicely, of Maine, has won n diploma
from the famous Paris School Of
Medicine, passing a brilliant exami-
nation and receiving the maximum
mark. Her thesis was "Iodism,
and for an hour and q half she was
shrewdly and ably questioned by four
OF the leading professors Of the
school, each OF whom had been pro
vided with q copy Of the thesis. Sh,
wore the black gown and white fchl
prescribed for candidates.
Mrs. Sarah Peters, wife Of tn,
British Consul at Philadelphia, il
1917, founded during her residenc,
there a school OF design for women
which has grown TO be the larges
institution OF its kind in the country
The Philadelphia Record speaks will
pride Of the prospects OF the schoo
for the coming year. Mrs. Peter
was an able advocate Of equal rights
for women. She felt the evils OF THE
usual mode OF dress to the exten
that she assumed, for q time, the
Bloomer costume, modified.
Miss Marian Il. Sheldon, daughte
Of Mr.. w. II. Sheldon, has recent
admitted to the girls school 0
which she is principal, in Adabazal
Turkey, the first Moslem girl VIII
ever entered the lists for regula
education. Miss Sheldon bega
teaching in the language after bein
in the country five months. She ha
translated two American text book
into tho Armenian. Adabazar
where she is located, il 100 mile
east Of Constantinople. The Turk
ish Governor Of the province has
through the agency Of Miss Sheldon
become much interested in the edu
cation OF girls.
The women OF Massachusetts,, 40
cording 10 statistics gathered by tn
Hon. VIM. |. Bowditch twelve year
ago, paid at that time one. tenth o
all the tax on property in the com
monwealth. There are 3i2 towns i
the State. In l63 Of these town
the women paid nearly 100000
(sl, 966,60l). In the cities Of Bos
ton, Chelsea and Brookline wome
paid sl ,4iS.479. being an average a
sl7l, aud the equivalent OF eighty
q 20 polls for each woman. In New
ton one woman raid as much tax a
1924 men. In Milford 2H wome
were taxed on property, and l5l
men paid a poll tax only. The wome
paid nearly three times as much a
the men. In some towns the proper
ton OF taxes on women 10 poll take
on men was still larger. But ever
man has a vote, and every woma
has none. Is this Justice or iai
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